There are so many different types of jellyfish out there, boasting different sizes, shapes, colors, and more. The immortal jellyfish is one of these unique jellyfish with a certain skill not often ...

In the vast depths of our oceans swims a tiny creature that possesses what humans have sought for millennia: immortality.

A tiny Mediterranean jellyfish, Turritopsis dohrnii, uses transdifferentiation to revert to a juvenile state and avoid death by aging, a process now studied for clues about human longevity.

Most living creatures are bound by the fact of birth, aging and death. Few, however, have evolved to break the typical life cycle. The aptly named immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii) is one such ...

(CNN) -- For centuries, man has been on a quest to find the elixir to eternal life. Alchemists struggled fruitlessly to create the legendary philosopher's stone, a mythical substance capable of ...

So there is a jellyfish called the immortal jellyfish. It is about the size of your pinkie fingernail and one science article describes its “dying” process as “the immortal jellyfish follows the early ...

Aging gracefully comes naturally to these creatures, which can live for hundreds, and sometimes even thousands, of years Brian Handwerk - Science Correspondent Life is short, the old saying goes, but ...

A new study followed as a Turritopsis dohrnii rejuvenated itself, uncovering developmental patterns for further inquiry. By Veronique Greenwood Fleets of tiny translucent umbrellas, each about the ...